Heppner News

A teacher with the Morrow County School District is put on paid administrative leave.

Roadkill: It isn't just for dinner anymore. A new roadkill compost center near Heppner will assure that many deer, cattle and other animals killed along Eastern Oregon highways won't simply decompose in a ...

Oregon lawmakers are keeping a close eye on a three-year state experiment with killing cougars, and will be hearing from a scientist who has found that taking out too many can break down the big cats' social ...

The reward for information leading to an arrest in the illegal killing of six deer in Eastern Oregon has been bumped to $3,500. Trooper Mike Mayer of the Oregon State Police is investigating the killings that ...

Catch limit increased: Beginning Sunday, you can add one more fish to the ocean daily bag limit.

The animals were shot and left to waste. This is a crime. According to OSP Sergeant Tim Brown, the unlawful killing of five deer included one whitetail doe and four mule deer does.

A $1,000 reward is being offered to find the hunters responsible for illegally killing six deer near Heppner.

Deer hit by cars here soon won't go to waste. Sometime next year, Oregon's Morrow County will be the latest community to have a compost facility for roadkill carcasses.

McKenzie Masten normally makes gowns for the annual 4-H fashion competition, where teenagers create clothes and compete first at the county level and then at the Oregon State Fair.

More than 70 fires have been reported to emergency officials in Pendleton as a result of recent lightning activity.

Hermiston-based O So Kleen is having an open house from 4 to 7 p.m. Aug. 12 at 905 E. Diagonal.

A 1-year-old boy died from an accidental drowning in his Eastern Oregon home. The Morrow County sheriff's office says it got a 9-1-1 call Tuesday night from the home of Steven and Sarah Monahan-Rollis, ...

A 1-year-old child may have drowned Tuesday in Heppner, the Morrow County Sheriff's Office reported this morning.

Health advisories have been issued for three Oregon lakes where blue-green algae has bloomed.

Health advisories have been issued for three Oregon lakes where blue-green algae has bloomed.

For Boardman historians Carol Michael and Sharon Barricks, the search for the history of the pruterberry has turned up a wealth of stories about the town's past, even though the origin of the berry itself ...

A health alert was issued today for Willow Creek Reservoir near Heppner because of a bloom of toxin-producing blue-green algae.

When tenor Ben Heppner wanted to try the grueling role of Tristan for the first time back in 1997, he chose a spot that he described as "off the beaten path." Those first performances in Seattle were a huge ...

Budget-demolishing gas and diesel prices have sent RVs to storage lots while their drivers wonder if they'll ever roll down the road again.

The Umatilla National Forest will celebrate its 100th anniversary today. A celebration including a variety of activities will take place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Heritage Station Museum in Pendleton.